Anti-Racism Month 2025
Every year March is an important month for Irish and global Anti-Racism Movements due to various national and international celebrations and commemoration days taking place, which focus on combating racism and celebrating diversity.
21st March marks the most important day in every anti-racist’s calendar. On that day in 1960, the Apartheid regime’s police opened fire and killed 69 Black people at a peaceful demonstration for equality and against apartheid laws in Sharpeville, South Africa. This date has since been declared the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination when the people across the globe show their opposition to racism and solidarity with those affected by it and in remembrance of the harmful impact of racism on individuals and communities.
Other important dates throughout march
Apart from Anti-Racism Day, other important events and celebrations are taking place throughout March. Irish Traveller Ethnicity Day opens the month on 1 March. It marks the anniversary of the formal recognition of the Travellers ethnicity in 2017 while celebrating their culture and heritage. Zero Discrimination Day is an annual day also celebrated on 1 March each year by the United Nations and other international organisations. The day aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the UN. International Women’s Day, marked annually on 8 March, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
Join Anti-Racism Month 2025
Check out what is happening throughout March in the below Anti-Racism Events Calendar, join an event or organise one yourself.
ANTI-Racism Calendar
During the upcoming days and weeks thousands of people, not just in Ireland, but all across the EU and the globe will come together to promote and celebrate inclusion, equal rights and diversity. INAR and our Network Members will coordinate and mark not only these important dates but the entire month full of anti-racism and intercultural events and activities, between the 1st and 31st of March 2025.
Use hashtags: #ARM2025, #ReportRacism, #StrongerTogether & #TogetherAgainstRacism
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ANTI-RACISM EVENTS CALENDAR: Anti-Racism Month 2025
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 of March (every Saturday in March)
Language explorers
LOCATION: Rua Red (Tallaght) and The Digital Hub (Dublin 8)
TIME: 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM
CONTACT: hanna@mothertongues.ie
ORGANISER: Mother Tongues
Language Explorers is Mother Tongues’ flagship programme for children in the early years. The Language Explorers workshops have a strong focus on language development, parent-child communication and literacy. Workshops provide a high-quality creative experience for parents and their children based on storytelling, drama, visual arts and music. English or Irish speaking or multilingual, every family is welcome to our workshops!
You can register here.
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 of March (every Saturday in March)
Waterford Sanctuary Runners Run
LOCATION: Kilbarry Eco Park, Waterford City, X91 AX54
TIME: 11 AM
CONTACT: waterford@sanctuaryrunners.ie
ORGANISER: Sanctuary Runners
The Sanctuary Runners meet for a social run every Saturday. All abilities welcome, run or walk. This is an opportunity to do some exercise, go to a different place and meet other people based locally. There is tea and coffee afterwards for anyone who would like to socialise or build connections. Anyone is welcome to join. It is a social, inclusive run.
6 MARCH
Immigration and Integration: What does it mean to me? / Inmigración e integración: ¿qué significa para mí?
LOCATION: Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Organisations – 4 Brunswick Street North D07 RHA8 Dublin
TIME: 5:30 PM
CONTACT: info@lasc.ie
ORGANISER: Latin America Solidarity Centre
Latin America Solidarity Centre (LASC) with the support of Irish Aid, will hold an open conversation on Latin American Immigration and Integration. We will pay particular attention to the needs and challenges of women and children with a Latin American background living in Ireland. We will hear from representatives of Panama and Bolivia communities, as well as Latina Women Against Violence and two speakers from UCD, specialised in the identities, inclusion and integration.
11 MARCH
Building Bridges: Forging Pathways Beyond Prejudice exhibition
LOCATION: Balbrigan Library
TIME: During library opening times from the 11th of March until the 3rd of April (9:45 to 8 PM Monday to Friday), varies at weekend.
CONTACT: maeve.harkin@fingal.ie
ORGANISER: Fingal County Council – Integration
The Fingal Integration Office are happy to announce that the Building Bridges: Forging Pathways Beyond Prejudice exhibition will be back on display, marking Anti-Racism Month 2025 and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the 21st of March.
13 MARCH
Queer People of Colour Peer Support Group
LOCATION: 105, Capel Street
TIME: 6:00 to 8:00 PM
CONTACT: hello@outhouse.ie
ORGANISER: Outhouse LGBTQ+ centre
Our QPOC Peer Support Group is a space where LGBTQ+ people of colour can connect, share, and thrive. Created in partnership with Queer Asian Pride Ireland, this group provides a safe and inclusive environment for participants to affirm both their queer and racial identities.
Here, you don’t need to leave parts of yourself at the door. Whether you’re seeking solidarity, support, or community, our QPOC Peer Support Group is a place to build meaningful relationships, feel understood, and celebrate the richness of our diverse identities.
14 – 21 MARCH
ONLINE: #TogetherAgainstRacism Social Media Campaign
LOCATION: Nationwide, from 14th March – 21st March
CONTACT: comms@inar.ie
ORGANISER: Irish Network Against Racism
Following the success of #TogetherAgainstRacism Social Media Action in the previous years, INAR invites its Network Members, Friends, Supporters and Members of the Public to join the 2025 edition, to mark the International Day Against Racism. Unlike previous years, we are starting this year’s campaign from 16th March.
Simply take a photo with the hashtag #TogetherAgainstRacism and post it on social media (Instagram/Facebook/ Bluesky/Linkedin) to show your opposition to racism, xenophobia, and far-right ideologies and to stand in solidarity with those affected.
Let’s get #TogetherAgainstRacism hashtag trending in Ireland, make it bigger than last year and flood social media with this positive message of inclusion, equality and togetherness. Let’s show that racism has no place in Ireland!
15 MARCH
We Act Storytelling Session – Meitheal: Communities Coming Together
LOCATION: 11-15 Tara Street D02 RY83 Dublin 2
TIME: 6-8 PM
CONTACT: claire@wheel.ie
ORGANISER: We Act and St. Patrick’s Festival
Join us for a gorgeous evening of shared stories about the meaning of community in Ireland from a diverse collection of storytellers who drive change in their communities.
The theme of the evening is Meitheal: Communities Coming Together. We Act is a campaign to celebrate the doers in our communities. The people who help out, who show initiative, who take a stand. As part of the St. Patrick’s Festival, they’ll be telling their own stories, in their own words.
Free tickets available here
21 MARCH
Wear Red Day
LOCATION: Nationwide campaign in multiple locations
TIME: all-day
CONTACT: communications@immigrantcouncil.ie
ORGANISER: Immigrant Council of Ireland
We are asking your workplace/school to Wear Red for the day to send out a strong message that we as communities welcome diversity, celebrate it, and take a stand against racism in all forms. The Wear Red Day is also an opportunity to fundraise for Show Racism the Red Card anti-racism initiatives. We deliver education workshops, and training sessions for teachers and school staff and provide resources to schools, clubs and youth services up and down the country to help them tackle racism. Let us know if your workplace/school is joining the WRD by filling out the form at the link: www.immigrantcouncil.ie/form/wear-red-day
22 MARCH
National Demonstration for Palestine: End Israeli Apartheid & Genocide
LOCATION: Garden of Remembance to the Dail, Dublin
TIME: 1 PM
CONTACT: info@ipsc.ie
ORGANISER: Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC)
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over 150 Irish civil society organisations, has called another National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 22nd March. The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm and finish outside the Dáil on Molesworth Street/Kildare Street to bring our demands to the Irish government’s doorstep. This take place during Anti-Racism Month, and will be the first event of Israeli Apartheid Week 2025 – a global week of action, now in it’s 20th year, and being organised in hundreds of towns and cities across the world under the slogan of ‘People Power Makes Apartheid History ‘.
22 MARCH
Galway Communities Stand Together – March to the Arch
LOCATION: Galway Cathedral to Spanish Arch in Galway City
TIME: 2 PM
CONTACT: GalwayCARD@gmail.com // https://www.instagram.com/galwaycardnetwork/
ORGANISER: Galway Communities Against Racism and Discrimination Network
This March, Galway Communities Against Racism and Discrimination will come together for the third year in a row to march in solidarity with communities in Galway. This year, we are delighted to announce that we will be joined by the legend Bernadette McAliskey! Through solidarity and organizing within our networks to build community-based solutions, we can restore power—economically, politically, socially, and culturally—to create a future rooted in equality, equity, and justice for all. See you at the Cathedral on Saturday the 22nd of March where we will march to Spanish Arch together! https://www.instagram.com/p/DGvCIAZM1Ts/?igsh=ZWc4NzFnaXlld2Rz
26 MARCH
Hope not Fear Webinar: Practical Actions to Tackle Racism and Promote Hope
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
TIME: 7 PM
CONTACT: presinterprovjustice@gmail.com
ORGANISER: Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network Ireland
The webinar explores the rise of the far right, the realities of migration, and practical ways to counter racism in an informed and responsible way. Effective responses to tackling racism will be explored.
You are invited to attend this webinar Click the link here to register!
27 MARCH
Webinar on Anti-Racist Work in Our Dioceses and Parishes
LOCATION: Online
TIME: 8:00 to 9:00 PM
CONTACT: edirj.coi@gmail.com
ORGANISER: Primate’s Reference Group on Ethnic Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Justice
As part of Ireland’s Anti-Racism Month, the Primate’s Reference Group on Ethnic Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Justice invites you to join us for a webinar discussion on using the Irish Council of Churches’ toolkit for anti-racist work in our dioceses and parishes.
All are welcome—clergy, lay leaders, and parishioners alike.
Discussion panel: The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd John McDowell with Rev Eileen Cremin, Rev Maithrie White, Rev Jenu John, Rev Philip McKinley, Dr Lucy Michael and guests.
The “From Every Nation” handbook provides practical guidance for faith communities committed to racial justice, inclusion, and diversity. This session will explore how we can use the toolkit to create welcoming, equitable, and actively anti-racist church spaces.
Download the handbook for free here
Register now to secure your place: Eventbrite link here